Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1548. Probably from the onomatopoeic obsolete gugg (to squat) +‎ -ol (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuɡːol], [ˈɡuɡol]
  • Hyphenation: gug‧gol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

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guggol

  1. (intransitive) to squat, crouch (to bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ guggol in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • guggol in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN